Hat carrier



June 30, 1925. 1,544,046

J. STAFFA ET AL HAT CARRIER Filed Dem l1. 1922 m/Pado/f @Staffa Patented June 30, 1925.

unire@ f I Laarne i lt TEN O FF JOSEPH STAFFA .AND RUDOLF STAFFA, C'F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT @essuie Liltplpllicati;en led December 151, 1922. Seii'alvN'o, 606,107.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.' Y

Be it `known that we, rJosnii'i STAFFA and vRUDOLF STAFFA, subjects of Ythe Governreference `being had to ,the 'accompanying .drawings7 alttoftlgie eharac'ters' of relierence markedtl'iereon,` `which .forni a part oi this .speeication. i

This invention relates `to ,a vnovel carrier for ladieslhats'. otfthat kind adapted to 'be ...attached to the ivallof,a'Wardrobetrunk or other support, and shapedto reeeifve the crown or' the hat,`fandrefersinorespeoilicat ly to an improved 4su'pportinglmeans for the ball shaped Carrier 'by "which it is readily attaehed to detached :ironia support,-v

as the Wall or v,otherpart"ofthe trunk body. VThe.,olojeet-of the invention is ,to produce frigid supportf'for fthe oarrier y Which is simple and economical .to manufacture, which vprovidesa [iii-ni connection between the Carrier :and ils support, and which en-` ables the carrier `tlojbe removed `from the support in different ,directions ,front a looked positionfthereon.

The invention consists 7in'theelements and combination of elements shown inthe drawings vand described in the specification, and ispointed out5iii the appeiidedv claims.

In Vthe drawings Figure ljis'aside elevation off azyliat earl rier equipped Witha supportembodying iny invention. y

Figure 'Qis `.aise'etioii on Vthe line -Q-2 of Figurell. j

Figures e and 5, are perspeetiveviews oi' tlieinterloeking attachments conneeted one to the base of the carrier and the other Vto the support.

'Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail showing a ii'iodilieation.

As shown `in the drawings, 10 designates the body ot the carrier which isiofgeneial spherical 'formation except .at its 'base `.Where it is flattened for attachment to the support. The body of the carrier usually comprises a mass of fibrous material enelosed'byva Viabrie cover. A#1tthe'tlattei'ied sideot1 theball like carrier there isV provided a ,Hat 'relatively thick, disk-like foundation member 11, preferably inadeo'f WoodV or .other fibrous inaterial; .and the margin 12kof,the eover fahr-ic isV pulled on over the periphery of thedisk f 11 and isattaehed thereto by nails f13 which extend .through ay reinforcing band llet eX- terior to said margin and lthrough the iii-ary Vgin into the disk. full, Clear, and exact vde,seription thereoll',

First referring to the construction shown in Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, 16 designates a sheet spring nieta-l bar Wliiehis .dat throughout its yprincipal length and Vis attached to the bottoni of the disk, as by the nails v17. The side niarginalportions of said bar ,are turned obliquely .downwardly to forni ,parah lel spring holding flanges V18 iwhioh extend from one end ot' the bar to near tlieother endtliereo'f. At the latter end of thefhar between said Hanges itis `slitted 'to'jform a tongue that I.is inclined downwardly and is at its outer 'terminal curved upwardly 4to forni an upturned latch 1 9 Awhich extends endyvisebeyond the body of thevbar andy is provided at the base of saiduptuined part with a lateli opening 20. Thesaidlateh is thus eut, as a tongue,` jfioni the bar'l, extends ybeyond Vthat end of "the bai" from which itis formed, the bar. beiiigvslottedat the sides ofthe base ofthet'oii'gue to,gi\e amplev flexibility to the'lateh.

To the support 15 isattaehed, ias by nie-ans of the nails 21, a sheet spring metal plate. 22 which is 'principallyflat throughout its 'diinensions.. Said plate is ,provided .near Vits turned elongated springy hooks ,Qiwliieh are parallel With each other and areoiine by cutting the' metal ofthe plate longitudinally and transversely and turning the inneredges upwardly about the uneutportions'at oblique angles to the plane of the plate. rlhe extreme side margins of the plate 22am 'curved upwardlyto toi-ni steadying ribs 24 9o side margins and between itsends .with up! "i the flanges 18 and hooks 23, by engagement of one of the lugs of the plate with the slot 20 of the latch 19, depending upon that lug which is adjacent to the latch when the bar and plate' are, so interlocked. The bar 16 and plate 22 are made of metalo'l some considerable springiness, and the inclined downwardly from theplane of said bar so that when the bar and plate are being interlocked by relative eiidwise movement thereof the said upturned end of the locking tongue or latch-slides along one of the lugs 25 and 'raises or springs the tongue upwardly untilV the slot 2O comes into register therewith, whereupon the slotted latch automatically springs downwardly over the tongue to lock the parts together; It will be observed that this automatic locking operation will takeY place at either Vend 0i' the plate 22, regardless of the direction in which the bar 16 and the carrier attached thereto isshifted to engage it withthe elongated hooks of the supporting plate 22. The said ribs 24T` are made of such height that when the bar and plate are thus locked together, the rounded portions of' theribs engage the'under side of the disk 11, and their :tree edgesV are engaged with the support so that the carrier attached to said plate is braced from laterally tilting movement." Said ribs 241: also have the'efiect to force ,the flanges 18 and the elongated hooks 23 into close binding engagement, with the result of further increasing the firmness of the interlocking engagement of the bar withthe plate to prevent tlie'f'ormer rolling-' on the latter and to prevent endwise Vdisplacement of the plate and bar.

The said bar and plate may be reversed in respect ot' their attachment to the disk 11 and support 15. Such a struct-ure is shown in Figure 6 wherein the plate 22. is attached to the underside of the disk and the bar 16 is attached to the support. Nochange in form of the plate and bar is made in this reversal, and like, parts of the structure shown in Figure 6 bear thesame reference characters as those shown in Figures lto 5,

i inclusive, with the eXceptionof the primary reference characters before. mentioned.

le claim Y 1. A hat carrier comprising a body to receive a hat crown and having a fiat faced foundation member, and sustainingineans to detachably sustain said body on asupport, comprising spring sheet metal members, one

matically engage a lock projection on the other member through relative endwise movement of said members.

y2. A hat carrier and its sustaining means set Vforth in claim 1, and characterized by steadyingribs formed on the margins of one member laterally beyond said interlock# portion of the latch 19 is normally sprung 1 parallel to a support, and spring sheet metal members attachable one to said base and the other to the support andextending dialnet rically across and concealed by said base, and provided With parallel, lonvitudinally slidable, laterally interlockingfliinges and hooks, adapted to be engagedand separated by relative longitudinal movement of said members in either direction, and including locking means automatically enga cable upon relatively sliding movement o said members. Y

5. A hat carrier comprising a flat base adapted tobe disposed parallel to a sup port, spring sheet metal locking members betweenv said base and said support and extending dianietrically across said base, parallel, slidably engaged and ylaterallyinterlocking flanges and hooks on said members, anda locking tongue integral with one of said members and extending endWise therebeyond and inclined toward the other meinber, and adapted to be interlocked with the other member automatically upon sliding movement of said members. t f

6. The hat carrier and its sustaining means set forth in claim 5, and characterized further in that said hooks and flanges are open at both ends of saidmembers to permit lockingaiid releasing by relative movement llO other member having flanges to laterally and interlockngly engage with said hooks through longitudinal movement of said members, and one of said members having laterally and outwardly beyond said flanges and hooks steadying ribs raised beyond the plane of said latter member, to prevent roching movement of said plates on each other.

8. A hat carrier and detachable support ing means therefor comprising spring sheet metal members lying substantially in parallel planes, and equipped on adjacent faces with parallel interlocking projections brought together in laterally interlocking relation by relative sliding movement of one member relatively to the other, and adapted to be engaged and released by movement of said members in either direction, one of said members having a spring locking latch inclined towards the other, and the other member having' a locking projection at both ends adapted, through endwise movement of one relatively to the other to be automatically engaged by said latch to lock said members from endwise movement.

ln Witness whereof we claim the foregoing as our invention, we hereunto append our signatures this 17th day of October, A. D., 1922.

JOSEPH STAFFA. RUDGLF STAFFA 

